Anisotropic magnetic behaviors of monoclinic Li{sub 3}Fe{sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3}
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China)
- Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503 (Japan)
Large sized α-Li{sub 3}Fe{sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3} single crystals with high quality are successfully grown by a flux method. Magnetic behaviors of the grown crystals are investigated by means of magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, and heat capacity measurements along different directions. The results confirm that α-Li{sub 3}Fe{sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3} exhibits weak ferrimagnetic behaviors at low temperature, which are in good agreement with those reported previously. However magnetic anisotropy is confirmed for the first time, suggesting that the c-axis is the likely magnetic easy axis and the a-axis is the magnetic hard one. Two anomalies are clearly observed in magnetic susceptibility along the a-axis and heat capacity data at zero field, suggesting the appearance of two successive magnetic transitions at ∼26 and ∼22 K in the system. - Graphical abstract: Magnetic anisotropy is confirmed for the first time using a single crystal sample of α-Li{sub 3}Fe{sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3} obtained by the flux method. - Highlights: • Large-sized single crystals of α-Li{sub 3}Fe{sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3} are grown by the flux method. • Magnetic anisotropy is confirmed for the first time in the system. • Two successive magnetic transitions are observed along the a-axis.
- OSTI ID:
- 22334280
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 215; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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